In Tampa, the World of Poseidon — intransit.blogs.nytimes.com

Poseidon played an impressive number of roles in the world of the ancient gods: he was not only the lord of the sea, but also of horses and earthquakes. How those roles were recorded in ancient art is the subject of a notable exhibit at the Tampa Museum of Art. Seth Pevnik conceived the show even before he became curator of Greek and Roman art at the museum in 2009. Fortunately, Tampa already had its own important antiquities collection that includes a massive stone statue of Poseidon. Mr. Pevnik amplified that collection with artworks from around the globe for “Poseidon and the Sea: Myth, Cult and Daily Life.”

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